Singlespeed & Fixed Gear"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five.
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)

Why can't I find deals like that? A bike shop I went to tried to sell me $17 MKS toe clips for $80! He said they're dropping the price from $100!

Dude, $80 is a crazy deal!@#!@

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Originally Posted by Johhny B

dude u need that trixie tool its the best tool ever it even comes with a bottle opener ! dude all the messengers reccomended it to me and evr since i got it im basically a mechaninc now and all the bike shops want me.

It was funny because I had those same clips and said, "I have those same clips on right now and the cost me $17 at a different bike shop." He said, "They must have been messed up the price then." My buddy and I looked up those clips on ebay and sure enough they were $17.

It was funny because I had those same clips and said, "I have those same clips on right now and the cost me $17 at a different bike shop." He said, "They must have been messed up the price then." My buddy and I looked up those clips on ebay and sure enough they were $17.

the bike shop selling standard MKS toe clips for a hundred (reduced to eighty!) is one of the reasons why the general population does not bike. there is a mentality that bicycles and parts are expensive and that its somehow cheaper just to own an automobile. so frick that bike shop for being the purveyors of elitism.

meanwhile, most of the bike shops here locally (in honolulu) suck as well. catered to the weekend warriors with deep pockets, most bike shops overcharge. there is one shop here -mccully bike- that remains a pillar of local bike shop excellence with fair prices and good service. I wish all local bike shops would be cycling enthusiasts watering holes but such is not the case. sadly.

this one by my house i have been into about 6 times for small parts and tools, headset installation, and its always like pulling teeth to get help, and they charge what seems like as much as they can for little items. there is LBS that want to be super cool with everyone and be helpful because they love bikes and riders, and then there are the snobbish 2 grand road bike LBS that dont give a **** about you unless you are buying a top dollar road or mountain bikes.

unfortunately, the 2 by me are owned by the same people and are of the later variety.

i dunno, it really does seem like i only encounter one or the other and nothing in between.

My local shop is cool, and they always hook me up with some sweet deals...but then again I might be a little opinionated because I work there. Basically, if you come off as a ****sucker, we're gonna try to dick you out of every penny you have, but if your a chill guy we are more than willing to bend over backwards for you.

Scrod, how the eff do you get an aerospoke for $75? Mine just cost me $250 and that was used.

Scrod, how the eff do you get an aerospoke for $75? Mine just cost me $250 and that was used.

-Connor

Haha...a regular customer came into the shop where I'm a tech and literally said "Hey Scrod, I'll give you this thing for 100 bucks and a tune up". I talked him down to $75. It's a barely used (as in ridden on three times) black front.

Thats another thing, I love my local co-op and I try to volunteer there atleast a couple times a year, but nobody at my shop has ever done anything like that and they all hate the local co-op. I can see how some people get the idea that the people who work at bike shops are dicks.

I'm also nice to all the little bmx kids, 1) because i've been in their shoes and I know that shops are always dicks to bmx riders, and 2) they are the future, one day their gonna need big boy bikes and I'm gonna be the guy they come to